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Computer Sciences
New open-source language model offers multilingual support and public transparency
This summer, EPFL and ETH Zurich will release a large language model (LLM) developed on public infrastructure. Trained on the Alps supercomputer at the Swiss National Supercomputing Center (CSCS), the new LLM marks a milestone ...
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Computer Sciences
Can ChatGPT actually 'see' red? New study results are nuanced
ChatGPT works by analyzing vast amounts of text, identifying patterns and synthesizing them to generate responses to users' prompts. Color metaphors like "feeling blue" and "seeing red" are commonplace throughout the English ...
Jul 8, 2025
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Test-time training could lead to LLMs that are better at complex reasoning
For all their impressive capabilities, large language models (LLMs) often fall short when given challenging new tasks that require complex reasoning skills.
Jul 8, 2025
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Novel system turns quantum bottlenecks into breakthroughs
Quantum computers have operated under a significant limitation: They can run only one program at a time. These million-dollar machines demand exclusive use even for the smallest tasks, leaving much of their expensive and ...
Jul 8, 2025
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Interoperable indoor positioning systems can determine locations of people and objects within buildings
Maxim Van de Wynckel, a researcher at the WISE lab of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), successfully defended his Ph.D. in computer science on 30 June 2025. Over six years, he explored a major challenge facing many modern ...
Jul 8, 2025
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Computer Sciences
Approach improves how new skills are taught to large language models
Researchers have developed a technique that significantly improves the performance of large language models without increasing the computational power necessary to fine-tune the models. The researchers demonstrated that their ...
Jul 7, 2025
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Computer Sciences
From position to meaning: How AI learns to read
The language capabilities of today's artificial intelligence systems are astonishing. We can now engage in natural conversations with systems like ChatGPT, Gemini, and many others, with a fluency nearly comparable to that ...
Jul 7, 2025
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Computer Sciences

Pilot program integrates AI-generated notes with human community notes on X platform
X (formerly Twitter) launched its "Community Notes" program in 2021 to combat misinformation by allowing users to add contextual notes on posts that might be deceptive or lead to misinterpretation. An example would be users ...
Software

Luna v1.0 & FlexQAOA bring constraint-aware quantum optimization to real-world problems
Aqarios' platform Luna v1.0 marks a major milestone in quantum optimization. This release significantly improves usability, performance, and real-world applicability by introducing FlexQAOA, a hybrid quantum algorithm designed ...
Computer Sciences

Centaur: AI that thinks like us—and could help explain how we think
Researchers at Helmholtz Munich have developed an artificial intelligence model that can simulate human behavior with remarkable accuracy. The language model, called Centaur, was trained on more than ten million decisions ...
Jul 2, 2025
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Engineering

Faster topology optimization: An emerging industrial design technique gets a speed boost
With the rise of 3D printing and other advanced manufacturing methods, engineers can now build structures that were once impossible to fabricate. An emerging design strategy that takes full advantage of these new capabilities ...
Jul 2, 2025
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Computer Sciences

AI won't replace computer scientists any time soon—here are 10 reasons why
As AI systems expand their already impressive capacities, there is an increasingly common belief that the field of computer science (CS) will soon be a thing of the past. This is being communicated to today's prospective ...
Jul 1, 2025
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Creating a 3D interactive digital room from simple video
Cornell researchers have developed an AI-powered process that automatically transforms a short video of a room into an interactive, 3D simulation of the space.
Jun 30, 2025
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Telecom

Analytical model evaluates performance of grant-free communication in densely populated IoT environment
Imagine a world where every smart device, from traffic sensors to wearable health monitors, can seamlessly communicate. This vision is at the heart of Massive Machine Type Communication (mMTC), a cornerstone of 5G and future ...
Jun 30, 2025
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Computer Sciences

AI is learning to lie, scheme, and threaten its creators
The world's most advanced AI models are exhibiting troubling new behaviors—lying, scheming, and even threatening their creators to achieve their goals.
Jun 29, 2025
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Software

Open-source fuzzer uses evolutionary algorithm to produce customized test inputs
Over the past decade, fuzzers have become the most widely used tools to test software security and robustness. Generating random inputs and feeding them to an application, they help detect undesired program behavior such ...
Jun 26, 2025
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Computer Sciences

Google debuts Gemini AI coding tool in bid to entice developers
Alphabet Inc.'s Google is adding an artificial intelligence coding assistant to ease the work of developers, aiming to catch up with rival products such as OpenAI's Codex and Anthropic's Claude Code.
Jun 26, 2025
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Computer Sciences

Multimodal LLMs and the human brain create object representations in similar ways, study finds
A better understanding of how the human brain represents objects that exist in nature, such as rocks, plants, animals, and so on, could have interesting implications for research in various fields, including psychology, neuroscience ...
Computer Sciences

How AI models successfully detect personality traits from written text
A research team at the University of Barcelona (UB) has shown how artificial intelligence (AI) models can detect personality traits from written texts, and for the first time has managed to analyze in detail how these systems ...
Jun 25, 2025
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Hardware

Selfies could one day be stored on DNA strands
When it comes to storing images, DNA strands could be a sustainable, stable alternative to hard drives. Researchers at EPFL are developing a new image compression standard designed specifically for this emerging technology.
Jun 25, 2025
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Computer Sciences

AI image models gain creative edge by amplifying low-frequency features
Recently, text-based image generation models can automatically create high-resolution, high-quality images solely from natural language descriptions. However, when a typical example like the Stable Diffusion model is given ...
Jun 20, 2025
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Computer Sciences

Bilinear sequence regression model shows why AI excels at learning from word sequences
Researchers at EPFL have created a mathematical model that helps explain how breaking language into sequences makes modern AI-like chatbots so good at understanding and using words. The work is published in the journal Physical ...
Jun 20, 2025
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Robotics

New search tool brings 21% better accuracy for robotics developers
Imagine you are in a vast library with no catalog, typing random words into a search bar and hoping to stumble upon the exact book you need. That has been the reality for many roboticists trying to find the right ROS (Robot ...
Jun 20, 2025
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Computer Sciences

Coordinating computers in a relativistic universe: Expert ponders how algorithms might function across space
Will algorithms designed for interconnected computers hold up if some of the machines are not here on Earth but flying about in space, onboard satellites or spacecraft?
Jun 19, 2025
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Other

The hidden bias pushing women out of computer science
At the dawn of computing, women were the early adopters of computational technology, working with punch cards in what was then considered secretarial work. As computer science evolved into a prestigious field focused on algorithms ...
Jun 18, 2025
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